Twenty years later.
Three Realms People encountered a thorny problem.
It was not a technical problem. He had grown old.
Yes, in the Three Realms, people also aged, but very slowly. Basically, they only began to age when they were close to death.
With the assistance of Deities, everyone could be like ageless celebrities in the city, looking thirty-five even at sixty-five. As long as they did not wish to end their lives, everyone could reliably live to ninety-nine.
But here, he was only fifty-five, yet already looked seventy-five. He could feel that his body would last at most another five years before he died.
His skin was dark and sallow, his body withered, and his hands were practically chicken claws. He hardly looked human anymore.
He was not afraid of hardship or challenges. On the contrary, he found them enjoyable.
However, he feared aging and death.
Growing old made him feel that he no longer had the strength to take on challenges or the mental capacity to think.
He thought of going home.
He would return to the Three Realms, undergo Reincarnation, then come back.
Over the past twenty years, his work here had only just begun to take off.
In twenty years, the agriculture under his leadership had grown enormously, with food production increasing threefold. This had brought him tremendous prestige here.
A threefold increase was absolutely astonishing.
It was directly related to his ability to push agricultural labor to its limits, improve seed varieties, and fertilize rationally.
With the agricultural problem initially solved, industrialization could begin.
He was very clever. After all, he had undergone the step-by-step education and training of Deities and had lived for many years. He saw things clearly, and even if he failed temporarily, he could turn back in time.
With enough food,